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UNITED 'i STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HAYES, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

TU RRET, TURRET-SKYLIGHT, 84C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,014, dated January 25, 1881.

Application filed July 9, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE HAYES, a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Turrets, Turret-Skylights, Gonservatories, or other Glazed Structures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the posts, both corner and intermediate, which, in conjunction and combination with glass or sashes, transom or lintel, and base or sill plate, form the whole or part of the vertical Wall or walls of a turret, turret-skylight, conservatory, hothouse, or other glazed structure; and my improvement consists in constructing the said vertical posts or uprights ot' cast-iron, in one piece, provided with langes, laterally projecting each side to form rabbets for the reception of glass or glazed sashes,.the said posts also provided with a peculiar stop-block at the head and another at the foot, to receive and form stops for an gle-irons.

My invention further consists of the combination of angle-irons with posts aforesaid, one on each side, held in place by said stop-blocks, also by bolts or other suitable fastenings, in such manner that the glass or sashes will rest in a groove having the iianges Ot' the posts behind and the angleirons in front, the joint or edges ot' the glass or sashes being fully covered by the angle-irons and the same held firmly in place. The posts are properly secured to the usual transomA or lintel at top, and also to the usual sill or base plate at the bottom, and they being combined form a substantial and secure vertical wall for conservatories, turrets, &c.

In the drawings accompanying, Figure l is an outside elevation of a portion of a vertical wall of a turret-skylight or similar structure, illustrating my improvement. Fig.2 is a horizontal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 4 is an inside elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the intermediate posts' inclined. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the angle-irons.

A represents the posts or uprights, formed of cast-iron, in one piece, provided with laterally-projecting flanges B and the angle-iron stop-blocks C at bottom and C at top, all cast therewith. A ilange, A', is provided at top, and another, A2, at bottom, as ameans whereby tO properly secure the posts to lintel and base plates.

D represents the angle-irons and E the glazing or sashes-the sash, &c.,being putin Erst, the angle-irons are added--theprojectingends at D setting back of the stop-blocks C and C. 6o Bolts passing through holes D2, entering the posts, hold them securely in position. The glass or sashes are thus held between the angle-irons and lateral dan ges B, as in groovesjoints all covered and secure.

F is the usual transom, and G the usual base-plate or sill, to which the posts are secured by bolts or otherwise, so that the whole combination forms a substantial and enduring structure, Water-tight and secure.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The post A, provided with flange or flanges B, head and foot stop-blocks() and C', all of cast-iron, angle-iron l), bolted or otherwise properly secured thereto, forming groove or grooves for the reception of glazing or sashes E, and arranged and adapted therewith to form the vertical wall or walls of a turret, turret-skylight, or glazed structure, substantially 8o as shown and described.

2. In combination with the vertical posts or uprights provided with flanges B, and forming the vertical walls of a glazed structure, angle-irons D, secured thereto in any suitable 8 5 manner to form grooves for the reception of glass or glazed sashes and cover the joint after glazing Or sashes are placed, andthereby secure the joint, substantially as herein described and set forth. 9o

3. The combination, consisting of posts A, provided with iianges B and angle-irons D, secured by stop-blocks C and C', sashes E, transom F, and base or sill plate G, all arranged and combined to form the vertical Wall or walls of a turret, turret-skylight, conservatory, or other glazed structure, substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE HAYES.

In presence of- JOHN R. HOPKINS, G. ALFRED HAYES. 

